Black & White Senior Portrait Photography…
When I was in Seattle for the Chic Photography Retreat, we did several photo sessions. If you missed the first photo session…click here.
This session, we concentrated on the seniors and they are so fun to work with! They bring it on and have an energy that they carry with them.
It is a time in their life that you are freezing a moment when a girl or guy is just becoming an adult. They have one foot in childhood and one foot in adulthood. It’s a wonderful time in their lives, full of hope and promise of things to come.
The seniors loved the props and some even wanted their furry friends along for the ride too.
As I was processing this last photo, I couldn’t help but think how cute this would be on her desk in her dorm room next year. It will be a great reminder of all the wonderful times the two of them had together.
Tip of the Day for Bloggers/Photographers:
Photographers…Keep the original photos!
Sounds pretty basic right?! Well, in the beginning I didn’t do this and to this day, I have lived to regret it.
When you process your photos, even just to crop them or change the resolution to web dpi…make a duplicate copy first. Don’t touch the original.
There will come a time when you will need to use it for a different project. So keep the high-resolution version of the image you posted.
You just never know what needs could come up that you would need the original. Maybe your next book project☺
What photo blunder have you done in the past that you have regretted and can’t recapture that memory again?
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Happy Shooting…
Laurie
XXOO
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Great black and whites, especially the umbrella photo.
Laurie, i would love it if you could give us tips on making a photo grids for our WordPress blog posts, like you often do. I have so much trouble trying to use “alignleft” etc.
Wonderful photos! I love that umbrella for black and white portraits! Great tips too. I definitely try to do a save as with my photos. Thanks for sharing these with us!
The blog title fits these shots perfectly. Awesome Shots.
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Hi Laurie! These are such gorgeous b/w portraits. Love the use of the umbrella, and that adorable puppy. Such cute subjects, too! Really like the tones you’ve used. I also clicked over to your other session … very beautiful!! Seniors are so fun to work with. I’m getting ready to do a session with a friend’s son who is graduating. I also had a session with his sister that I will be sharing soon … and boy, are you ever right on saving the original image!! When I first started I would edit a duplicate copy of it and delete the original! I still cringe when I think about it, but thankfully, I found out NOT to do this very soon after! So glad you shared that tip! Hope your holiday weekend is blessed! {Visiting from Tuesday Muse.}
Such beautiful photos! Love them 🙂 xxx #gorgeous
Of all these lovely pictures, I love the last picture best because of the interaction between the puppy and the lady. 🙂
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Gorgeous photos. Love your tips, thanks.
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Thank you so much for this honor.
Gorgeous photos! I have definitely edited over the original and regretted it! Bummer! So I have learned my lesson. I am a novice with my camera, so mostly my blunders are before the editing process! Thanks so much for linking up to Photog Show and Tell!
that lil fella’s freckles!! So cuuUUTTTe!! 🙂 And just stunning contrasts/lines & shadows throughout. 🙂
That black and white umbrella makes a stunning backdrop!
What crisp lovely photos!
Ooh love the dog
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The black and white umbrella in the B&W shot is awesome. That turned out beautifully!
Oooh, I love that last photo! Why does it look so good in B&W? I would have loved this for my kids.
Black and white most of the time will bring out the details more than color.
The boy is a senior? Now I feel OLD!
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What a fun job you have.
Love the black and white shots. Lovely composition.
Your photographs are spectacular! Thank you for sharing the latter, as well as for your words of advice. Blessings!
What stunning portraits! Incredible work!
Lovely chocolate b/w edit on these. I like a good b/w among the color images I do of my people shots – it tells a different story.
LOVE the photos and aPPreciate the Points you made regarding saving the original image! And thx for droPPing by to visit!
Leslie
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Nice contrast. Love the black and White.
Beautiful photos…great in b&w. Thanks again for your daily tips!!
Beautiful portraits, Laurie! The monochromatic treatment on these images are stunning!
Thank you Gracie…I love monochromatic too.
These are great, and I bet it is fun to work with the Seniors! That’s a fun age.
I don’t have much experience with portraits — these are wonderfully done.
Lovely shots 🙂
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Gorgeous photos!
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Wonderful portraits! I agree with your tip of the day!
Very lovely!
Lovely they are too .. none of them look awkward in these shots either Laurie , you must have put them at their ease .. and why doesn’t that surprise me 😉
Top tip !
love the umbrella one!
Great tips! Just stopping by from the GRAND Social Linky Party. Hope you get a chance to do the same!
Lovely images! Seniors are fun to shoot! I love their energy and that their individualism just shines through.
Absolutely stunning!!! The first image just pops off the screen at me!
Sorry I’ve been away from your blog for a while… I’m back. Life got in the way.
These shots are amazing. That first one if my favourite!
Very nice work.
I love black and white photographs! Keeping your original photo is always a good thing to do!
Thank you for valuable tips! Great shots – I just adore the girl with the umbrella and love the last one.
Great snaps! Black and white is always good.
Well done set of black and whites–they show the beauty of the medium. Yes, you are so right about making a duplicate, which I have NOT be doing. I will take heed. Have a lovely day.
I love these! Would have loved a session like this. I love how black your blacks are in the first image.
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Beautiful photos and great blogging tip. I keep a folder of raw images of my photos that I use on Green Door. And, I too, learned the hard way but now I always make sure that I have them — just in case! 🙂
Kenley
Awesome photos, they are so lively!
Beautiful photos.
These are wonderful, Laurie, especially the first one.
She will be really pleased, I am sure.
Have a fantastic day!
Those are beautiful black and white captures! Also, I always forget to mention in my replies to your posts how much I appreciate your blogging/photographer tips. Thank you for taking the time to add those they are very helpful. 😀
Jackie, thank you for mentioning the tips and how you are enjoying them….I really appreicate that comment my friend.